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Wednesday, April 6, 2011

What Do You Read?

Don't most of us wish we had more time to read? I know I do. Tell me about your reading habits.

1. Do you sit with a book and read three hours straight? Or do you read a chapter and wait so long that you have to re-read it to remember what it was?

2. Do you read one book at a time?

3. Do you read magazines?

4. Where do you read?

As for me:
1. I never read 3 hours straight. The only thing I might do 3 hours straight is paint or blog/write. Reading makes me sleepy too. After 30 minutes I am usually dozing. And often I look back at a chapter..."Oh yeah, I remember now...."

2. No. I usually have several going. I have my audio book in the car which I LOVE since I'm almost always alone in the car. Favorite 'me time'. I have my book-club-book going. So at least two.

I Love reading - but haven't done enough of it over the last few years, with the kids very little, when I had a break all I wanted to do was sleep or just close my eyes. Now I'm rediscovering books and have joined a book club too, which is really making me think about why I like what I like, and introducing me to new books too!

When I find a book I really get into, I can't put it down and find myself reading while cooking, eating, waiting for my kids at school - literally every moment I have.

Generally I just have one book going at a time, and I read anywhere I can. On the exercise bike I find is a good place as when the book is good, I don't notice my muscles working!

I love books. My husband is a bookseller so he gets a 20% discount... Very dangerous.I try to read about one book a week. It used to be more when I still took public transport to work. I usually have one book going at a time, sometimes one novel and one non-fiction book.I love to read whole afternoons on weekends, and I do read at least an hour on most weeknights after dinner.I do read some magazines, but not much. All Dutch ones. My favourite is a recipe magazine called foodies.